COVID-19 Vaccine Development
This simulation provides an interactive tour of the SARS-CoV-2 virion and the parts that can be targeted for vaccine development.
Topics
- vaccine
- target
- RNA vaccine
- inactivated protein vaccine
- viral vector vaccine
- DNA vaccine
- live-attenuated vaccine
- SARS-CoV-2
- severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
- coronavirus disease 2019
- s protein
- spike protein
- ACE2
- epithelial cells
- affinity
- binding affinity
- E protein
- envelope protein
- viral assembly
- viral release
- M protein
- membrane protein
- structural protein
- dimer
- nucleocapsid
- membrane curvature
- viron
- viral particle
- envelope
- viral envelope
- RNA
- N protein
- viral genome
- nucleocapsid protein
- viral replication
- ribonucleic acid
- genetic material